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  From: Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  To  : Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:15:20 +0930

RE: Linux knows too much

Howdy,

>   Password Changes
>        The  user is first prompted for their old password...

The reason I ask is because other unix's (like IBMs as400 and i-series)
have the ability to check the past 7 or 8 passwords to see if they are
being reused - and if necessary, disallow it. 

But this is a Linux list.  :)

Cheers,
AG.

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